Catholic social postponed. Colville news notes
The Catholic basket social planned for Wednesday December 12 in Colville is postponed with a new date to be announced. The Colville Red Cross elects officers, letters remain uncalled for at the post office, and local residents report trapper D. H. Lynds showing 40 mink pelts and seven dollar coyote hides from fall rivers near Orin.
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Catholic Basket Social
D. H. Lynds
Orin
Colville
Pend Oreille
Mr. Lynds
Colville Valley
Ethel Henry
Nellie Dowty
Annetta Fink
Amos H. Matheson
Colville Red Cross Chooses Officers for 1918
Colville Red Cross members elected new officers at a Saturday meeting led by Mrs W C Wilwock. The branch becomes a larger unit, with expanded duties, and disbandment requires government sanction. Officers include Chairman Mrs George W Peddycord Secretary Mrs George Stenger Treasurer Mrs C C Durland. A big Christmas knitting drive and a benefit card party are planned with proceeds aiding soldiers at the front.
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Colville
The
Red Cross
Geo. W. Peddycord
L. BE. Josseph
George Stenger
M. Durland
M. R. Strong
Colville Red Cross
W. C. Wilwock
Colville Society
Spokane
a_ branch
Stevens County
Velville
George W. Peddycord
C. C. Durland
Odd Fellows Hall
Woodcraft
George Thomas
W. H. Jackson
Joe Dupuis
George W. Denny
Cc. T. Winslow
Sam Stenger
Hugh Waddell
Bert Nicol
Twentieth Century Club Elects Officers at Jackson Home
The Twentieth Century Club met at Mrs. W H Jackson's home on November 24 with Mrs C R McMillen elected president, Mrs C C Casey as vice president, and Mrs W H Jackson as secretary treasurer. The club plans French studies with Miss Riley Marcus as instructor. luncheon was served. Mrs Hubbard honored guest.
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Twentieth Century Club
W. C. Stoltz
W. H. Jackson
Jackson
C. R. McMillen
C. C. Casey
Miss Riley
Marcus
Yam Qua Club Initiation Amid Knitting News
A Yam Qua Club meeting at Dr and Mrs Vinson featured Red Cross knitting by the ladies. An initiation ceremony for new member Mrs W F Diffenbacher provided entertainment before she earned a reed work basket as consolation. Next meeting slated for the Waddell home.
Multiple church notices in Colville belated weekly listings
A dense column lists services and events from churches in Colville including Christian Science Free Methodist Congregational St Johns Episcopal Baptist and Methodist churches. It details service times sermons topics revival services rector reports travel notes and a December 14 Northport party with various pastors and leaders mentioned.
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Free Methodist Church
The
Evangelist Dewey
Portland
Oregon
George E. Kline
Key
Leonard Garver
Attendance crackdown and local notices from 1917
A military captain proclaims roll call discipline, urging enthusiastic attendance and promising removal for repeated unexcused absences. The notice lists local names and a Red Cross benefit event, a Portland funeral, and a Valley Magnesite Company shipment with profit estimates for 1917 Valley operations.
Boys and Girls Differences in Behavior Across Tasks
A Youth's Companion passage contrasts boys and girls early actions and attitudes. It notes boys stone a cat and hunt for violets with similar zeal, boys explore the ice box while girls admire top bureau drawers, and girls pretend wealth while boys do not. It also contrasts seating, spending, and hair color stereotypes.
The Kaaba’s Pagan Roots and Islam’s Early Reforms
The kaaba predates Mohammed as a pagan temple in Mecca. Mohammed preserved its structure while destroying idols and allowed pagan Meccan customs. The Himalaya is a vast multi range system extending about 1500 miles from the Indus to the Brahmaputra with peaks and valleys.
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Medina
Mohammed
Himalaya
Central Asia
Tibet
Ganges
Indus
Karakoram
First Horse Omnibus Opens Access to Nantes Bathing
In 1826 near Nantes, M Baudry introduced the first horse omnibus to provide access to a local bathing establishment. He defined the term omnibus as open to all. The venture led to a Parisian imitation, initially failing, and the inventor’s suicide by drowning in the Canal St Martin. Others later profited from the idea.
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Nantes
M. Baudry
Paris
Tor
Canal St. Martin
No Immediate Benefits in a Starred Dramatist’s Season
A Broadway dramatist faces repeated play withdrawals after weeklong runs. A friend urges patience, hoping posterity will praise his genius. The playwright retorts that posterity is free to judge his work.
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New York Times
Talleyrand and the idea of harmony from chaos
A witty remark by Paul de Courrier sums Talleyrand’s conservatism. He reportedly said that if Talleyrand had been present at the creation he would have exclaimed that chaos will be destroyed. The quip underscores his cautious, order‑seeking political stance.
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Talleyrand
Paul de Courrier
No Sentiment in Business Says One Man Coldly
A Detroit Free Press quotation portrays a hard edge in commerce with a man declaring there is no sentiment in business while another responds that harshness governs how one might give the worst to another.
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Detroit Free Press
Practical Health Hint Use of Mineral Oil
Dr Le Tanneur summarizes mineral oil use in constipation noting it is not digested and acts only as a lubricant. The New York Medical Journal recommends two tablespoon doses before breakfast or after dinner for at least a fortnight to restore natural bowel movement without acting as a cathartic.
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le Tanneur
Paris
New York Medical Journal
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